Phillip Lindsay Is Inspiration for the Undrafted

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A year ago, Phillip Lindsay sat and waited for his phone to ring. He watched running back after running back get picked in the NFL draft. As the rounds passed by, the only person calling was his agent, Mike McCartney, working ahead in setting up free-agent deals for him. McCartney says he’s never had a player who wanted to get drafted as badly at Lindsay did. He was obsessed.

Area scouts liked Lindsay but decision-makers weren’t keen on drafting a 5' 8", 190-pound running back, even if he was coming off back-to-back 1,000-yard…